duck-footed

adjective

Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.

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Meanings

adjectiveduck-footed (comparative more duck-footed, superlative most duck-footed)

comparative more duck-footed · superlative most duck-footed · alternative duckfooted

  1. informalHaving splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.

    I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.

    1901, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch
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    Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.

    1967 June 9, “Inefficient But Fast”, in Time

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